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Another man involved in the fatal fight was checked out at a hospital before being booked into the Pierce County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder.

The 40-year-old was “highly agitated” after the fight, police spokeswoman Loretta Cool said.

Detectives have not released information about what started the fight.

The arrested man has a prior conviction for fourth-degree assault and first-degree criminal trespass related to a 2016 incident on a Pierce Transit bus when he was drunk and refused to get off the bus.

After being forcibly removed, he punched a sheriff’s deputy in the leg because “he felt like being vindictive,” according to charging papers.